KARACHI - Quetta bowled and batted with responsibility to hand down Multan two wickets defeat in the PCB/Mobilink under-16 cricket here at Rashid Latif Cricket Academy ground on Tuesday. The winners chose to field first and bowled Multan for 162. Medium pacer Najeeb Khan took three for 19, spinner Sharifuddin got three for 28 and Shabbir Ali grabbed two for 36 in Multan innings. Quetta batsmen found the going tough against Multan bowlers but they stuck to the task admirably to reach the winning target with 14 balls to spare in their innings. Quetta replied with 163 for eight. Shabbir Ali with an unbeaten knock of 34 played an important role in steering the team to the winning target. Opener Bilal Salim contributed 23 and Abid Ali 32. For Multan Muhammad Ramiz took two for 13. Summarised scores: Multan 162 (Jalal Umer 36,Ali Abid 23,Muhammed Nadeem 31,Muhammed Saquib 23 not out,Najeeb Khan 3/19,Sharifuddin 3/28,Shabbir Ali 2/35). Quetta 163 for eight (Bilal Salim 23, Abid Ali 32, Shabbir Ali 34 not out, Muhammed Ramiz 2/13).